APC primaries: Stakeholders reject alleged candidate imposition in Ondo

By Omeiza Ajayi
Ahead of the primary elections of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC scheduled to commence today, stakeholders in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency of Ondo State have risen against what they describe as a behind-the-scenes plot to install a preferred candidate on the party’s platform.
They insisted that a House of Representatives seat cannot be handed out as political compensation.
The controversy centres on reports that Hon. Mathew Oyerinmade, popularly known as MATO, who had previously pursued the Ondo South Senatorial ticket, is now being repositioned for the House of Representatives race in the same constituency — a development that has dra...